French Flat

French Flat or French Camp now a ghost town was in Tuolumne County, California. It was located near French Flat from which it took its name, one and a half miles south southwest of Tuttletown. Its location was near the flat, northwest of an 1,894 foot mountain.[1]

History

The town was a company mining town during the 1860s with a population of about 1,000. [2]

Today

The site today is accessed by French Flat Road, off Rawhide Road, through private property. There are remains of a water cistern, water tanks, foundations of a hotel and various buildings and remains of fences.[2]

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References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: French Flat
  2. FRENCH FLAT OR FRENCH CAMP from ghosttowns.com accessed February 6, 2019.

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